Ohio woman to continue sentence for mother’s death Posted on July 14, 2015 0 BELLEFONTAINE (AP) — An Ohio judge has denied early release to a 77-year-old woman sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting she caused her 100-year-old mother’s death by severe neglect. Mary Strawser pleaded guilty in March to reckless homicide and theft from an elderly person, and was eligible to apply for early release after 30 days in prison. Prosecutors said Strawser neglected her mother, Blanche Cohen, for years, leaving her to die on a couch in a dilapidated trailer in Rushsylvania. Logan County Common Pleas Judge Mark O’Connor denied Strawser’s request in a Monday ruling.
